第三届“荷花奖”大赛中只有7个芭蕾舞作品进入决赛。结果评委会最终评议决定金奖空缺,成为五个舞种中惟一金奖空缺的舞种,实在令人感到有些痛惜与失望。然而笔者却认为芭蕾舞在创作方面的进步幅度是其他4个舞种无法与之相比的。 记得在观看第一届“荷花奖”之后,亚太舞蹈联盟主席日本的若松美黄先生曾在1998年第四期《舞蹈》杂志上发表评论说:“芭蕾作品最弱,创 Only seven ballet pieces in the third “Lotus Award” contest entered the final. As a result, the jury decided that the gold medal vacancy would eventually become the only gold medal among the five dancers. It is indeed a bit of a pity and disappointment. However, I believe that the progress of the ballet in terms of creation can not be compared with the other four dancers. I remember watching the first “Lotus Award” after the Asia-Pacific Dance Federation Chairman Japan’s Watson Huang in 1998, the fourth issue of “Dance” magazine commented: "The weakest ballet works, a record